The Role of Scandal in the Political Life of Italy during the Period 1976-2011

Abstract

This research was conducted to examine the relations between political culture in Italy and its political scandals in the XX century and their impact on the failure of so-called “The First Italian Republic” regime in the 1990-s. The research covers the most significant political scandals from the “Propaganda Due” to the most famous “Tangentopoli”. The findings revealed that political scandal is a turning point in the modern democracy, which reveals the main system problems and gives a chance to the government to estimate the political risks and take an action to prevent the following worsening of the situation. Also the results of the research present an attempt to systemize on the base of the most recent data published in academic sources and classify and leading media political scandals according their actors, reasons and consequences as well as coverage in the media.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n1s1p333